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Don King would have made Floyd Mayweather fight Manny Pacquiao

Is it to late for King to make a difference?
Is it to late for King to make a difference?
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Floyd Mayweather Junior

So Floyd Mayweather Junior hung out with iconic promoter Don King Thursday night causing a tidal wave of buzz through out boxing’s knitting circle.

On his official Twitter page, Floyd Mayweather wrote the following two messages last night:

“The Cash King and Money May”
and

“I'm chillin with Don King”

Unfortunately any business relationship between King and Mayweather is about a five years too late.

I would be have been a lot more interested if Floyd twitter’ed, “I am fighting Manny Pacquiao on November 13, move over Antonio Margarito”

Mayweather can hang out with Don King all weekend long down in South Florida, but that does not change the failed negotiations surrounding boxing’s biggest fight.

If Don King was Mayweather’s official promoter, I believe we would not be in the predicament we are in now.

Mr. King has a way of seducing fighters into his promotional outfit, then doing what he wants with them - not the other way around.

Mayweather may walk to the beat of his own drummer, thanks to Bob Arum, Richard Schaefer, Al Haymon, and Oscar De La Hoya, but Mr. King does not play that game.

See, Don King - for all of his short-comings, has not forgotten his place within boxing. Don King acts like what he is, and nothing else.

When it comes to the business of boxing, Don King is the boss and his fighters are the employees, be it by hook or by crook.

So Mr. Boxer, you don’t want to fight? That is okay by Mr. King, he will put you on the shelf for as long as your promotional contract lasts and if the fighter objects and wants to go to court over breech of contract, that is okay as well.

Mr. King has deep pockets and powerful lawyers to make sure his way, is the right way.

Maybe if he was not babied by Arum’s Top Rank and now Schaefer’s Golden Boy, Mayweather would have been is great fights the last three to four years on a consistent basis.

It is way too late for Don King to get in Mayweather’s soup and make a difference, as the lunatic is running his own personal asylum, but I ponder if Money would have been able to hustle King.

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  • Banjo 1 year ago
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    can he really? Good now we can have our fight, no more excuses!

  • DeadScared 1 year ago
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    How??? king could have done what??? he'd kill floyd senior? poison the whole clan? and the team?? you make me laugh really. it's the fear that paquiao brings that caused it all man! no king could have changed that.

  • CaptainBalooga 1 year ago
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    I think you're wrong. Don King would protect Mayweather like he did with Mike Tyson by setting up weak opponents for him. Besides King would do Mayweather dirtier than Pacman.

  • Mestizo 1 year ago
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    To all MAYWEATHER CLAN/TEAM/FANS (FLOYDIOTS, MAYTARDS & FLOMOS) & GBP/DON KING Promotions:

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    YOU ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • DeadScared 1 year ago
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    if mayweather had the balls we wouldn't need a pauper to have the fight made.

  • DeadScared 1 year ago
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    better call it, "the king and the coward".

  • delpilar 1 year ago
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    don king is looking into cockfighting? or roasting a chicken?

  • Monkey See, Monkey Do 1 year ago
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    from one monkey to another:

    "go fight Pacquiao you coward. ur making us look bad"

  • bergmuff 1 year ago
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    the two frauds as dancing partners, looks like a match made in hell. go for it fraudy go for it.

  • surferkiddo 1 year ago
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    Imagine if Don King was tech savy and knew how to twit?

    HE WOULD HAVE SAID - "THIS FLOYD IS GAY COMPARED TO ALL THOSE OTHER BOXERS I HAVE HANDLED, THE REAL WARRIORS OF THE PAST. THIS KID IS JUST SHOW BIZ! WHAT DOES HE GOT TO DO WITH REAL FIGHTING?"

  • pacnut 1 year ago
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    2 homos honeymooning in florida!!!

  • me 1 year ago
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  • ROBERT ARRIOLA 1 year ago
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    that was SIEGFRED AND ROY in MIAMI doing miami mice.......

  • F__K FLOYD! 1 year ago
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    The thing is, King will not be inside the ring with Floyd to fight Manny. So what's the difference? Manny will be the same Manny in the ring no matter who your promoter is. And I thought Floyd is his own boss and he is his own promoter.

    Why do you think Floyd wants to hire King as his promoter? Because he's being alienated by GBP, Haymon and Ellerbe for ducking Pacquiao. In their minds they tell Floyd "just fight already". They've been trying to force Floyd to fight Pacquiao but Floyd is too scared and told them "I don't want to fight Pacquiao. And if you don't listen to me, I'll fire you all". hahaha

  • slapstick 1 year ago
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    it wont make a difference whom you hang around with. a chicken is a chicken. floyd is the real fraud. as DK mentioned it...FMJ is the fake golden goose but nothing else than a lame duck

  • Fight Fan 2 1 year ago
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    Mayweather now needs DKing to help him fix his ruined reputation now that the 2nd round of PACMAN vs KFC FLOYD has fallen through. He realized Golden Boy Promotions couldn't do the job and needs someone else to get "The Fight Everyone Wanted". Only DKing and BArum can get it done. He used GBP as his lap dogs to do his pathetic bidding and saw that it did not get him anywhere. Too bad all DKing can really do now is grovel and beg BArum to gve KFC Floyd a fight with the PACMAN.

  • lim 1 year ago
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    THE GOLDEN BOY PROMOTION COMPARING TO THE KING MAKES THEM BRONZE KID PROMOTION!

  • tony 1 year ago
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    Don King is one dude that Floyd Jr cannot dictate to. Floyd Jr is in awe of Don, and Don certainly can handle the likes of Mike Tyson, let alone Floyd Jr. Watch out, Floyd! Watch out for your wallet!

  • TRUE PINOY 1 year ago
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    I THOUGHT COWARD FLOYD IS HIS OWN BOSS. HE DO NOT NEED ANYBODY TO REPRESENT HIM.

  • ESPYS joker of the year 1 year ago
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    if you wanna fight me just step up to the plate...you're one-dimensional...you're a midget...you're on a-meths...my pops says i'll whoop your ass...huh!? you're agreeing to all my conditions on contract?...wait...i'm on vacation, not interested in boxing right now, i'm enjoying the money my gullible fans gave me...i'm spending time with friends and family...sorry i'm on vacation

  • TRUE PINOY 1 year ago
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    HIT THE ROAD FLOYD

  • schizopolis 1 year ago
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    Floyd is pulling a Lennox Lewis. He's just getting a free vacation out of Don. DKP doesn't have the clout it used to have. Can anyone remember the last megafight DKP promoted??? I wish Floyd would sign with Don, then the IRS would be shooting fish in a barrel!! It just won't happen!

  • RG 1 year ago
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    Floyd hanging out with Don King only shows his current state of mind. Don king has been labeled as a crook... same feathers Floyd?

    I fully understand if Floyd moves to another promoter. He made GBP, specifically Oscar and Shaefer, and Haymon looked like fools during the Manny-Floyd negotiation. It would be fun to watch how Floyd and Don would deal with each other. If he hated Bob, he would hate Don King even more maybe after a few deals with him. Just ask some famous and not so famous heavyweights he short changed before.

  • sander 1 year ago
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    Let see, who will be first one to get screwed?Don King or "Monkey" Gayweather? This is going to be the "Battle of the crooks".

  • jamed 1 year ago
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    Hanging around with King is Floyd's brilliant cover, it only divert attention from the question as to why he refused to fight Pacquiao for the second time. Floyd knows that everyone in the boxing community is still waiting for him to personally explain why the fight between him and Pacquiao has not materialized.

  • Lanski 1 year ago
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    LOOK AT THAT,..HE JUST KNOCKED OUT COLD THAT POOR LOBSTER!!! COWARD KING FMJR SEEKS KINGS ADVICE AND NOT FROM THOSE MORONS IN GBP AND HIS OWN MEN...MAYBE HE CAN FIND SOMETHING THAT WILL ENCOURAGE HIMSELF TO HAVE A FIGHT WITH KING PACMAN, AFTERALL..ITS NOT TOO LATE YET TO MAKE A DESCISION. GO COWARD KING FMJR!!! GO GO GO.

  • new era 1 year ago
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    Don King.., if you're really that powerful promoter, there's still time. Do your badly needed job. Bring to the fans their much awaited fight. Pacquiao vs Mayweather. Otherwise you are also covering up Floyd Mayweather in his cowardice.

  • sac boy 1 year ago
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    Whats the difference between GBP and Don king..Its Floyda's gimmick, changing promoters to avoid the fight with Pacquiao..The fish is caught in the mouth. The pronouncement earlier by the drug addict dad, that his beautiful son will never fight pacquiao now and forever. the mAyweathers knew pretty well that the defeat is inevitable.. When their pretty son will be pulverized by Pacquiao, what will happen to them..so these are the people who are used to be in conflict with the law are brilliant, wily and foxy in cheating the boxing fans..Lets shelve this lunatics in the closet.

  • new era 1 year ago
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    GBP are slowly recovering their senses and admitting the reality that Floyd is a fraud. A big joke in boxing. Throw him in the garbage where no promoter and fans care for him.

  • Antonio M 1 year ago
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    As hard as king would make mayweather fight Paquiao, mayweather would still run and duck.

  • Linkin PArk I'm just a kid 1 year ago
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    DO NOT WATCH THE FIGHT BETWEEN MARQUEZ AND DIAZ CUZ DIAZ HAS A BREAST. OSCAR DELA HOYA YOUR CRAZY IDIOT!
    golden boy fighters are gays.
    don king could make the fight happen!

  • haki 1 year ago
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  • McDonald's Manager 1 year ago
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    We have an accident in the Women's bathroom.
    Paging employee #1floydfan, please report to your station.
    Clean up the feces on the bathroom floor and make sure the commodes are flushing properly.... NOW! Do your job and do it right.
    Otherwise we'll demote you back to Jr. Maintenance Officer (from a Super M.O.)

  • McDonald's Manager 1 year ago
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    We at McDonald's, we support catch-weight.

  • DID MANNY SEND FLOYD INTO RETIREMENT WITH OUT THRO 1 year ago
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    IS FLOYD HAVE THE SINCERITY, WILLINGNESS & SERIOUSNESS TO FIGHT MANNY? I DOUBT IT, UNLESS FLOYD SIGN A CONTRACT TO FIGHT MANNY IN 2011?

    DID FLOYD DUCK MARGARITO, NOW MANNY, THEN BEFORE MOSELY @ HIS PRIME TIME. THIS YEAR FLOYD HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO FOUGHT A SLOWER & OLDER 37 YR OLD MOSELY BUT STILL HE MANAGED TO ROCKED/WOBBLED FLOYD LEGS IN 2ND ROUND.IF THAT 5-9 YRS AGO HE WAS FINISHED . OR IF THAT WAS MANNY.....W/ HIS ONE DIMENSIONAL BUT DEADLY 4-6 COMBIBATINATION KNOCKED OUT PUNCHED....FLOYD IS FINISHED LIKE HATTON....WHOOPED ASS/LYING IN CANVASS 3X!

    FORGET FLOYD HE'S IN HIBERNATION LIKE A HERMIT CRAB? NO NEGOTIATION? DO YOU HAVE AMNESIA? OR SCARED?

  • ram geno 1 year ago
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    Poor Floydie cant fight his own fear. Looking for a saviour like Don King believing King can save him. Not anymore man, you are exposed. Read eveywhere you can see your name 'Floyd IS SCARED'.

  • floyd mayweather sr. 1 year ago
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    hahahaha!!!!!! mabalos amigos golden boyS this one is for you !!!! hahahahaha !!!!!!!!

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  • Mcoy 1 year ago
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    Floyd hiding under the brief of Mr.king!

  • Fidel Dela Paz 1 year ago
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    "the lunatic is running his own personal asylum" Nice.

  • MANNY GOT INTO MY HEAD 1 year ago
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    So now it's confirmed. DON KING (no matter what you say) is a "HAS BEEN" of BOXING. Floyd is a Lunatic, NO one takes him SEROUSLY NOWADAYS.... They (the two) should GET MARRIED in CA and Leave Boxing, the're not needed in Boxing anym0re.....

  • Don King 1 year ago
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    I need the recipe how to make "Soup#5" and also a couple of "Baluts" for desserts and put Floyd in what I call a courageous therapy.

  • Floyd Mayweather 1 year ago
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    Hey Mr. King, how do I get a hold of that "hair piece" cause I need to disguise myself to keep Pacquiao going after me!!!!

  • bbtroy 1 year ago
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    Look where fear has lead Floyd to. He does not want anything to do with Pacquiao but Al Haymon insisted by negotiating with Arum through Ross. Now Haymon is getting dumped by the ducking chicken!

  • doug 1 year ago
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    i googled Floyd's Xylocaine drug use to help his performance in the ring. google it. you will be surprised on what you find. turns out that he is the one getting juiced up.......no wonder he is avoiding the media.

  • barok 1 year ago
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    simply he is coward,

  • Hoto_Maricon 1 year ago
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    hahahhaa
    i googled "OSCAR DE LA HOYA FISHNET" and it showed pictures of DLH with fishnet stockings and panties on.

  • Hoto_Maricon 1 year ago
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    hahhhahahaaa @ doug's comments below

    Floyd got a taste of his own medicine. i google "XYLOCAINE MAYWEATHER JR". Pacman should demand that they test his hair for Steroids and PED's. Karma got mayweather bad. he is probably hiding with Bin Laden.

  • onemore 1 year ago
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    No way, Lois. The word is FEAR. No promoter could make Floyd any braver. A coward is a coward whoever handles him.

  • Rene 1 year ago
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    will people still watch floyd in his next fight if there is one? is there a rematch clause in his fight with THE BIG SHOW? ha! ha! ha! mayfeathers, drug addicts, women beaters, frauds, trash talkers, cowards, anything else?

  • gladiatorsports 1 year ago
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    What!? GREEDY floyd jr. would never share his money with Don King. Little chits a joke. Scared a coward and a joke. he's spending all his money thinking hes out smarted everyone but what he doesn't know is that he is all alone. everyone hates him.those that say they dont just want some money from floyd. The question is, if floyd had no money would he have any friends? hell no! Your all alone floyd. All alone. Coward!!!

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